Session-6单词.pdf

Session 6Session 6insaneinseinadj.患精神病的;疯狂的精神病患者的,为疯人开设的非常愚蠢的;毫无见识的an insane asylum hospital精神病院,疯人院go insane 发疯the insane 精神病患者,疯子a perfectly insane scheme proposal非常愚蠢的计划建议saneseinadj.心智健全的;神志正常的By declaring him sane,the jury implied that he had a moral sense.陪审团宣称他神志清醒,是指他有辨明是非的能力。明智的,稳健的,理智的She seemed a sane,well-balanced sort of person.她看来是那种明智稳健的人。prudentpru:dntadj.审慎的;有先见之明的;判断力强的A prudent man saves part of his wages.深谋远虑的人会将一部分工资存起来。meticulousmitikjul sadj.极仔细的;一丝不苟的She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。laymanleim nn.门外汉,外行人Where the law is concerned,Im only a layman.就法律而言,我只不过是一个门外汉。amateuramateurveteranveteranprestigepresti:n.威信,威望,声望The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.这一合同将会影响我国的国际声望。adj.炫耀的,讲究排场的,摆阔气的prodigyprdidifaminefeatfeastn.怪事;奇物,壮观非凡的人,奇才;神童奇特的象征或预兆an infant prodigy 神童a prodigy of learning非凡的学者a prodigy of energy精力异常充分的人fminn.饥荒Many people die of starvation during famines every year.每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。fi:tn.功绩,伟业;技艺He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。fi:stn.盛会,宴会They had a midnight feast in their tent.他们在帐篷里举行了一次午夜宴会。宗教节日Christmas is an important feast for Christians.圣诞节是基督徒的一个重要节日。vi.大吃大喝,享用美食Feast today and fast tomorrow.今朝大吃大喝,明日忍饥挨饿。享受;感到异常愉快feast on rare books愉快地阅读珍本书藉vt.款待(某人),宴请(某人)I feasted my friends on my birthday.我生日时宴请了我的朋友们。使精神愉快;使享受feast ones eyes on the beautiful scene饱览美景prestigiouspresti:d sadj.受尊敬的,有声望的,有威信的Her first novel won a prestigious literary prize.她的第一部小说就获得了一个颇具声望的文学奖。renownedrinaundadj.有名的;享有声誉的He is one of the worlds renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。eminentemin ntadj.闻名的,卓越的,显赫的/(人)知名的;受人尊崇的(品德)优秀的,突出的高的,巍峨的be eminent among ones contemporaries在同代人中是杰出的eminent as a sculptor卓越的雕刻家eminent souls 社会名流eminent peaks 巍峨的山峰a very eminent promontory极突出的海角prominentprmin ntadj.突起的,凸出的He has a prominent nose.他有一个突起的鼻子。显著的;突出的Our house is the most prominent one in the street;its painted red.我们的房子是街上最突出的,它被漆成了红色。杰出的,著名的,卓越的He is a prominent physician.他是位著名的医生。distinguishedadj.卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的celebratedselibreitidadj.有名的,著名的celebritysilebritin.(尤指娱乐界的)名人,名流Lots of celebrities were at the film premiere.许多名人出席了电影的首映式。名声,名誉She said social class in America was largely decided by celebrity.她说在美国社会阶层主要由名声决定。publicizepblisaizvt.宣扬;引人注意;广为宣传;推销publicize the new dictionary宣传推销新字典broadcastbr:dk:stn.广播;播音Do you listen to the broadcast?你听广播吗?广播节目He gave a number of broadcasts.他进行过多次广播节目。vt.&vi.广播,播放They broadcast this hour every day.他们每天这个时间播音。vt.传播,乱传(消息等)She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。propagateprp eitvt.&vi.繁衍,增殖Most plants propagate by seeds.大多数植物都是通过种子繁殖的。vt.传播;宣传,普及The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点。propagandaprp nd n.宣传,宣传运动The government produced much political propaganda.政府进行了大量的政治宣传。make propaganda for 为.宣传set up a propaganda for 设立.的宣传机关recreationrekrieinn.娱乐(方式);消遣(方式)The rest of the day was entirely at his disposal for reading and recreation.当天剩余时间完全由他支配,看看书,消遣消遣。diversiondaiv:nn.转移,转向High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.高额关税常使贸易从一国转往另一国。娱乐,消遣Golf is my fathers favourite diversion.高尔夫球是我父亲最喜欢的娱乐。临时绕行路分散注意力The persons talk created a diversion of attention.这个人的话分散了人们的注意力。distractiondistrk nn.使人分心的事人;娱乐,消遣There are too many distractions here to work properly.这里叫人分心的事太多,使人无法好好工作。心烦意乱;精神错乱The childs continual crying drove me to distraction.那孩子不断的哭声弄得我几乎要发疯。分心,分散注意力Lets invite her to the discoshe needs distraction.我们请她去迪斯科舞会吧,她需要散散心。entertainmentent teinm ntn.款待,请客The hotel is famous for its entertainment.这家旅馆以殷勤待客而著称。娱乐,文娱节目,表演会This is an interesting entertainment.这是一个有趣的文娱节目。pastimep:staimn.消遣,娱乐Play-ing chess is his favourite pastime.下棋是他最喜爱的消遣。scrapskrpn.小片,碎片,碎屑;少许/废料/吵架;口角vt.废弃,丢弃/把当作废料处理vi.吵架;打架pinchpintvt.盗窃,偷The thief pinched her purse and ran away.小偷偷了她的皮夹子跑了。逮捕,拘留The police pinched him.警察逮捕了他。夹痛,扎痛These shoes pinch my feet.这双鞋把我的脚夹痛了。掐掉(花枝等)(off,out,back)pinch off out,back the young shoots掐掉嫩枝削减;限制,使缺乏(for,in,of)vt.&vi.捏,掐,夹,拧These shoes must be too small because they pinch.因为这双鞋夹脚,所以他们一定是太小了。n.捏,掐,夹,拧She gave him a pinch to wake him up.她拧了他一下以弄醒他。一撮,微量He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。困苦,穷苦Its six months since he lost his job,so hes beginning to feel the pinch.他失业已有六个月了,所以开始感到相当困难。shrugrvt.,vi.(shrugged;shrugging)耸(肩)(表示冷漠、无奈、不耐烦、疑心、厌恶等)shrug ones shoulder 耸耸肩膀hunchhntn.预感,直觉I have a hunch that he didnt really want to go.我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去。vt.使隆起(up)He sat with his shoulders hunched up.他耸起双肩坐着。hunch ones back 弯背swingswiswaycrouchsquatvt.&vi.(使)摇摆,(使)摇荡,挥舞The monkey was swinging in the tree.猴子在树上荡来荡去。swing ones arms挥舞手臂(使)旋转He swung the axe and with one blow split open the door.他挥动着斧子一下就把门劈开了。(使)突然转向The value of the pound swung downwards.英镑的价值突然下跌。n.摆动,摇摆/秋千/显著的变化sweivt.&vi.(使)摇摆,(使)摇动The dancers swayed to the music.跳舞的人随着音乐节奏摇摆。vt.影响、改变的观点行动His speech failed to sway his colleagues into supporting the plan.他的一番话没能使他的同事支持这项计划。n.摇摆He felt the sway of the deck under his feet.他感觉到脚下甲板的摇动。支配;统治In medieval times the church held sway over many countries.在中世纪,教会支配着许多国家。krautvi.蹲下(down);蜷着,缩着;弯腰低头,屈膝(to,under)He crouched down to stroke the dog.他蹲下来抚摸他的狗。skwtvi.蹲坐;蹲He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。擅自占住(空屋)Theyve been squatting in an apartment for the past two years.他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。adj.矮胖的;矮而宽的He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。n.蹲坐,蹲姿For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。被擅自占用的建筑物stoopstu:pvt.&vi.弯腰;屈身;俯首屈尊,屈从bendbendvt.(bent bent)弄弯,使弯曲使屈从,压服致力于,集中思想于(耳.目等)转向;使.改变方向;倾斜,倾向He bent his mind to his business.他专心于他的业务。He bent his steps toward me.他转身向我走来。Rheumatism prevents him form bending his back.风湿病使他不能弯腰。Her head was bent over her book.她埋头读书。vi.弯曲;转向;屈身屈服;顺从倾住,集中力量于(to)The trees bend before the wind.树木迎风摇曳。The road bends sharply here.路在这里急转弯。She bends to her husbands will.她顺从她丈夫的意志。n.曲,弯曲;弯曲部/弯管头,接头/弯身,鞠躬;(心的)归向,倾向;屈服tilttiltvt.&vi.(使)倾斜Sonny tilted back in his chair.桑尼坐在椅子里,斜靠着椅背。n.倾斜She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。erectirektcaressfliptumbleadj.竖立的,直立的,挺立的There is an erect pine.那儿有一棵挺拔的松树。vt.使直立;竖起They erected a telephone pole.他们竖起一根线杆子。正建立I dont want to see a system like that will be erected.我不希望看到那种制度被建立起来。k resn.爱抚;抚摸vt.爱抚或抚摸She caressed his cheek lovingly.她深情地抚摸着他的面颊。flipvt.轻弹,轻抛扔They flipped a coin to decide who would go first.他们用掷硬币的方法决定谁先去。vi.发疯,失去理智My brother really flipped after his experience in the war.我兄弟经历战争之后真的发疯了。tmblvi.翻滚Children tumble over each other in play.孩子们玩耍时相互连身翻滚。突然摔倒The child tumbled down the stairs.小孩从楼梯上跌下来。非正恍然大悟;突然明白n.(身不由己的或猛力的)倒下;摔倒;坠落He took a tumble down the stairs.他摔下了楼梯。混乱;杂乱stampstmpn.邮票,印花Will you oblige me with a stamp?给我一张邮票好吗?印,图章None is genuine without our stamp.未盖我们的戳记的都不是真货。标志,印记This event left the stamp on his heart.这件事在他心中留下印记。跺脚,顿足He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。vt.贴邮票于;在盖章We are stamping the letter.我们在给这封信贴邮票。踏平They stamped the soil flat.他们把地踏平了。标出Such generous actions stamp him as a man of honour.如此慷慨的举动说明他是一位君子。铭记What he did will always be stamped.他所做的一切人们将永远铭记。vt.&vi.顿足He stamped his feet in anger.他怒气冲冲地跺脚。trottrtvt.&vi.小跑,急走The riders came trotting down the lane.这骑手骑着马在小路上慢跑。vi.匆匆忙忙地走n.小跑,急走He had broken into a trot.他突然小跑起来。tiptoetipt ustaggerslidestrolln.踮着脚走He stood on tiptoe and tried to see over the wall.他踮起脚尖,力图看到墙的那一边。vi.踮着脚走She tiptoed quietly out of the room so as not to wake him up.她蹑手蹑脚地从房间走出去,以免吵醒他。转弯抹角地谈论stvi.蹒跚He staggered to his feet.他摇摇摆摆地站起来。vt.使感到震惊担忧The difficulty of examination staggered him.考试的难度使他很担忧。错开Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.我们的管理层已决定错开工作时间。slaidvt.&vi.滑动;滑行She slid along the ice.她沿着冰面滑行。vi.(slid slid;slid,slidden slidn)改变位置;不知不觉地陷入(into)slide into bad habits不知不觉地沾染上坏习惯slide into the room偷偷溜进房间The book slid off my knee.书从我膝盖上滑落。滑落,跌落n.滑行,滑落幻灯片We have a slide show every other week.我们每隔一周观看一次幻灯片。struln.散步;闲逛;徘徊(为找活干)流浪;巡回演出vi.散步;游荡(away;off;over;through;along;about);流动演出vt.在.上游荡stridestraidvt.&vi.大踏步走;跨过(over)She strode purposefully up to the door and knocked loudly.她故意地大步走到门前,并大声敲门。stride over the brook跨 过小河n.大步He walked with long strides.他迈着大步走去。步法;步态The child could not keep up with his fathers strides.那个孩子跟不上他父亲的步子。dashd vi.冲;猛冲The horse dashed onward.那匹马向前直冲。vt.&vi.猛掷;(使)猛撞Dont dash stones!Its dangerous.不要扔石头,那样做危险。匆匆地写或画She dashed some paint on the paper and called it a tree.她在纸上涂抹了些颜料,说这就是一棵树。n.猛冲,飞奔The prisoners made a dash for freedom.囚犯逃奔自由。短距离赛跑The contestants lined up for the 100-yard dash.参赛选手列队参加 100 码短跑。少许Give him a glass of water with a dash of whisky in it.给他一杯水,加少许威士忌。破折号The dash is longer than the hyphen.破折号比连字符稍长点。dartd:trushclustervt.投掷;投射The sun darts its beams.阳光四射。vi.向前冲;飞奔The boy darted into the room.那男孩冲进房间。n.飞镖He likes throwing darts.他喜欢射飞镖。急驰,飞奔She made a dart for the exit.她冲向出口。rvt.&vi.(使)急速行进;仓促完成Dont rush,take your time.别急急忙忙的,慢慢来。vt.催促Dont rush me.I must think it over.别催我,我要仔细想想。n.冲,奔There was a mad rush to seats on the bus.公共汽车上乘客疯狂抢占着座位。繁忙的活动When the rush was over,he insisted that everybody take a day off.那一阵忙过之后,他一定要大家休假一天。大量急需klst n.(果实、花等的)串,簇She held a cluster of flowers in her arms.她抱着一束鲜花。(人、物等的)群,组A cluster of tourists was surrounded in the hill.一群游客被困在了山中。vt.&vi.(使)集中People clustered round the notice board.人们聚集在布告栏周围。bandbndconvergeassembleassumen.带,箍/条纹/价值、数量等的范围;无线电的波段,频带/一群,一伙/乐队,乐团vt.用带绑扎The boy banded the dogs neck with a yellow string.男孩把一条黄绳绑在狗脖子上。vt.&vi.结合起来;伙同Some families have banded together.一些家庭已经联合了起来。knv:dvi.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点,向一点会合(趋于)相似或相同 semblvt.收集,集合装配(机器等);组合汇编,剪辑assemble a watch装配一只手表vi.集合,聚集assemble in the school hall在学校礼堂集合 sju:mAssumeAssume(to be)(to be)vt.假设,臆断,猜想We cant assume anything in this case.在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。假装He assumed a look of innocence.他装出一副天真无邪的样子。承担,担任,就职assume office就职assume the reins of government执政,开始掌权assume a leading position担任领导职务assume responsibility负责,承担责任呈现,采取We assumed a new method.我们采取了一种新方法。assumption smp nn.假定;设想;假说采取,承担傲慢,僭越假装;摆出某种样子Your assumption is wrong.你的假定是错的。His assumption of power was welcomed by everyone.他掌权为大家所欢送。The hostress bustled about with an assumption of authority.女主人摆出一副权威的样子忙来忙去。presumeprizju:mvt.以为;假定You had better presume no such thing.你最好不要这样设想。vi.冒昧地做某事;错用I presume to suggest that you should take legal advice.我冒昧地建议:你应该找律师咨询。不正当地利用(on,upon)presume on a persons credulity利用人的轻信presume on ones position滥用职权自作主张,放肆Dont presume too far!不要太放肆！presumableprizju:m bladj.可推测的presumptuousprizmptju s adj.不客气的,放肆的,冒昧的resumerizju:mvt.&vi.重新开始;恢复Well stop now and resume at two oclock.我们现在停下来,到两点再干。vt.重新取得;再占有After finishing his speech,he resumed his seat.他发言后重新回到自己的座位上去。resume the thread of ones discourse言归正传,回到话题上来自以为是的,专横的,傲慢的It is too presumptuous of him to do so.他这样做太放肆了。allege ledvt.断言,宣称,提出(作为理由)托词allege sth.as a reason 提出某事作为理由It is alleged that.据说The newspaper alleged the mayors corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。It is assumed/alleged thatIt is assumed/alleged thathypothesishaipisisn.假说,假设,前提We have proved the hypothesis.我们已经证明了这种假设。inspectinspektvt.检阅;检查;审查;视察;探伤;试验inspect school 视察学校inspect troops 阅兵inspect a factory视察工厂scrutinyskru:tinin.细看,仔细检查选票检复查监视demand a scrutiny要求(重新)检查选票His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。He drew the conclusion after scrutinies.经过详尽的调查他才得出这个结论。make a scrutiny into sth.对某事进行详细的研究surveillances:veilnsn.盯梢,监视The police have been keeping her under surveillance.警察一直把她置于监视之下。supervisesju:p vaizvt.&vi.监督,管理The group leader supervises a dozen workers.组长管十二个工人。oversee uv si:vt.俯瞰;了望监督,监视;检查;视察;管理错过;宽恕;省略He happened to oversee the burglar leaving the premises.他碰巧看到那盗贼离开房子。She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments.她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。censorsens n.(书刊、电影等的)审查员,审查官;信件检查员(古罗马负责调查户口、监察社会风纪等的)监察官censorshipsens ipn.审查员的职权;审查(制度)sympathysimpin.同情(心)I have much sympathy for you.我很同情你。同情;(感情上的)支持Although I pity him,my sympathies are with his family.虽然我认为他可悲,但我还是同情他的家人。express sympathy for(对.表示)慰问feel sympathy for(=have sympathy for)同情in sympathy with 同情;赞成;和.一致out of sympathy with 对.不同情;不赞成;对.没有同感,和.不一致win sympathy of 博得.的同情symposiumsimp uzi mn.讨论会,专题报告The symposium on AIDS research lasted two days.艾滋病研究的报告会持续了两天。symptomsimpt mn.症状;表现;征兆,征候syntheticsinetikadj.合成的,人造的Its the synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。口假的,非天然的;假想的;虚伪的,不自然的,不诚恳的We felt the salesmans synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。n.合成物,合成纤维Nylon is a synthetic;it is not from nature.尼龙是一种合成纤维,不是天然物质。synchronizesikr naizvt.把(钟表)拨至相同的时间;校准vt.&vi.(使)同步;(使)同速进行syndromesindr umn.综合征(某种条件下有共同特征的)一系列表现(事件、举动等)contaminatekntmineitvt.弄脏;沾污;(以放射性物质)污染传染;感染损害，毒害;使腐败a wound contaminated by bacteria受细菌感染的伤口be contaminated by bureaucratism沾染官僚主义作风Flies contaminate food.苍蝇弄脏食品。The waste from this factory contaminates the water in the river.来自这家工厂的废物污染河水。commendk mendvt.推荐称赞，表扬，嘉奖把.付托给吸引；引起兴趣We should commend good people and good deeds.我们应当表扬好人好事。She commended the child to her aunts care.她把孩子托付给姑母照管。This book doesnt commend itself to me.我对这本书没有兴趣。recommendrek mendvt.推荐,介绍,赞许某人某事物Can you recommend a classmate who can take up the job?你能不能推荐一位能承担这项工作的同学?劝告,建议I recommend caution in dealing with this matter.我建议慎重处理此事。(特质等)使显得可取This plan has much to recommend it.这项计划有很多可取之处。complimentkmplim ntn.赞美(话),恭维(话)向送礼以表示敬意vt.(on)表扬;恭维propagateprp eitvt.&vi.繁衍,增殖Most plants propagate by seeds.大多数植物都是通过种子繁殖的。vt.传播;宣传,普及The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点。propagandaprp nd n.宣传,宣传运动The government produced much political propaganda.政府进行了大量的政治宣传。broadcastbr:dk:stpublicizeproliferatecontriven.广播;播音Do you listen to the broadcast?你听广播吗?广播节目He gave a number of broadcasts.他进行过多次广播节目。vt.&vi.广播,播放They broadcast this hour every day.他们每天这个时间播音。vt.传播,乱传(消息等)She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。pblisaizvt.宣扬;引人注意;广为宣传;推销publicize the new dictionary宣传推销新字典prulifreitvi.激增;(迅速)繁殖;增生Rabbits proliferate when they have plenty of food.兔子有充足的食物就会繁衍得很快。扩散Influenza proliferated throughout the country.流感在全国蔓延。BreedBreedreproducereproducemultiplymultiplycontrive/plot/scheme to docontrive/plot/scheme to dokntraivvi.计划，设计设法，图谋治家，料理家务；巧妙应付I can contrive without meat.我没有肉也能凑合吃这顿饭。He contrived to make the matter worse.plotscheme他图谋使事情恶化。She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.百物涨价时，她觉得料理家务很难。vt.计划，筹谋发明，设计，创制设法做到，弄到挖空心思而弄巧成拙；竟然弄到.地步contrive treachery图谋不轨He contrived a new machine for flying.他设计了一种新式飞行器。How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?你怎么把事情弄得一团糟呢？pl tn.故事情节This is a novel with a complicated plot.这本小说情节复杂。(秘密)计划,密谋The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the President.警察破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。小块地皮His land is split up into several widely scattered plots.他的土地被分割成相当分散的几小块。vt.把分成小块;划分绘制;标出He plotted the position Mary should go.他给玛丽标出她应去的地方。vt.&vi.密谋He plotted the ruin of his enemy.他阴谋倾覆他的敌人。vt.&vi.策划(out);图谋(for,to)They schemed out a new method of bridge building.他们设计了一种新的造桥方法。scheme for power 阴谋夺权For months they had schemed to overthow the government.他们一连好几个月都在策划推翻政府。n.ski:m阴谋,诡计She has a lot of schemes.她有很多诡计。计划,方案When you began to work,you might work out a pract